Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Born in 1965, Eric Reinhardt is the author of four previous novels and a freelance publisher of art books. He lives and works in Paris. The Victoria System is his first novel to be translated into English.
Sam Taylor is the English-language translator of HHhH, by Laurent Binet. He lives in France and the United States.
Erotic, raw, violent and vertiginous . . . We often accuse French writers of navel-gazing and ignoring the world around them, but Eric Reinhardt is one of those who gives the lie to this cliché
- Emmanuel Carrère, author of Limonov,
Bold, arresting, accomplished, complex, sensual, sexual, intriguing, heady
Le Monde
An ambitious and tragic novel which weaves together sex, power games and imagination. An ultracontemporary anti-fairy tale
Les Inrockuptibles
Part classic, part tragedy, part thriller: Eric Reinhardt merges genres and invokes elusive echoes in this highly contemporary novel of a rare depth
Libération
Finally, a sexy book written by someone who would appear to have had sex
Dazed & Confused
Those who harp on about the decline or end of literature in France, stuck in its formalism, nihilism or narcissism, are advised to read <i>The Victoria System</i>. It will give them a good wake-up slap
La Quinzaine Littéraire
A fantastic and sensual modern thriller, like nothing I've ever read
- Christian Louboutin,
Ambitious, complex, sparkling, to be devoured in one sitting
Télérama
Reinhardt is a fine and subtle psychologist . . . with a keen eye for the perverse ways in which capitalism exploits all levels of society and leaves behind smoking ruins. Anyone who begins this book will not quickly put it down
Trouw (The Netherlands)
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Born in 1965, Eric Reinhardt is the author of four previous novels and a freelance publisher of art books. He lives and works in Paris. The Victoria System is his first novel to be translated into English.
Sam Taylor is the English-language translator of HHhH, by Laurent Binet. He lives in France and the United States.